Information Security Contracts in Berkshire

Information Security (InfoSec)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Information Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Information Security over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 85 58
Rank change year-on-year +33 -27 0
Contract jobs citing Information Security 41 39 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 3.50% 1.97% 3.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.74% 2.21% 3.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 11 30
10th Percentile £425 £500 £350
25th Percentile £500 £506 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £525 £630
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -16.67% +8.86%
75th Percentile £643 £619 £697
90th Percentile £650 £750 £739
South East median daily rate £600 £540 £610
% change year-on-year +11.11% -11.48% +10.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £83.00 - £71.76
25th Percentile £83.75 - £72.60
Median hourly rate £87.50 - £74.00
75th Percentile £91.25 - £74.40
90th Percentile £92.00 - £74.63
South East median hourly rate £79.16 £19.50 £74.00
% change year-on-year +305.92% -73.65% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Information Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,096 1,764 1,640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 93.44% 88.91% 90.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 641 918 1,053
10th Percentile £313 £213 £341
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
75th Percentile £615 £608 £626
90th Percentile £675 £675 £711
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 101 48
10th Percentile £22.29 £20.17 £19.20
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.50 £25.72
Median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%
75th Percentile £76.77 £71.75 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £87.46 £79.51
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Berkshire

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Security in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Information Security in Berkshire

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in Berkshire

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in Berkshire

Information Security
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +33 26 £625 +25.00% 32
Bracknell - 4 £450 -
Windsor -7 3 £600 -20.00% 3
Slough -8 2 £640 +21.90% 20
Information Security
South East

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 10 (24.39%) Azure
2 3 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (7.32%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (7.32%) GitHub
3 2 (4.88%) AWS
3 2 (4.88%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (4.88%) IaaS
3 2 (4.88%) PaaS
4 1 (2.44%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.44%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (24.39%) Network Security
2 6 (14.63%) Radio Access Network
3 3 (7.32%) Firewall
4 2 (4.88%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (2.44%) NGFW
5 1 (2.44%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (4.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Burp Suite
1 2 (4.88%) Metasploit
General
1 11 (26.83%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.63%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (12.20%) Legal
4 3 (7.32%) Telecoms
5 2 (4.88%) Finance
5 2 (4.88%) Law
5 2 (4.88%) Retail
6 1 (2.44%) Automotive
6 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.44%) Marketing
6 1 (2.44%) Military
6 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (41.46%) Senior
2 9 (21.95%) Security Specialist
3 8 (19.51%) Information Security Specialist
3 8 (19.51%) Information Specialist
3 8 (19.51%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 8 (19.51%) Senior Security Specialist
4 7 (17.07%) Senior Information Security Specialist
5 6 (14.63%) Head of Architecture
5 6 (14.63%) Head of Security
6 5 (12.20%) Architect
6 5 (12.20%) Head of Strategy
6 5 (12.20%) Security Architect
6 5 (12.20%) Security Engineer
7 4 (9.76%) Security Advisor
8 3 (7.32%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 3 (7.32%) Azure Engineer
8 3 (7.32%) Consultant
8 3 (7.32%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 3 (7.32%) DevOps Engineer
8 3 (7.32%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (14.63%) Web Services
2 2 (4.88%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (4.88%) JBoss Seam
3 1 (2.44%) OAuth
3 1 (2.44%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.51%) Management Information System
2 4 (9.76%) Data Centre
3 3 (7.32%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (7.32%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (4.88%) Operational Technology
4 2 (4.88%) Replication
4 2 (4.88%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.44%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.44%) VMS
1 1 (2.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (39.02%) Risk Management
1 16 (39.02%) Security Architecture
2 14 (34.15%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 11 (26.83%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (26.83%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (24.39%) OWASP
5 9 (21.95%) Roadmaps
6 8 (19.51%) ITIL
6 8 (19.51%) Threat Modelling
6 8 (19.51%) Vulnerability Management
7 7 (17.07%) Decision-Making
7 7 (17.07%) Risk Assessment
8 6 (14.63%) Collaborative Working
8 6 (14.63%) DevOps
8 6 (14.63%) Validation
9 5 (12.20%) Enterprise Architecture
9 5 (12.20%) Information Assurance
9 5 (12.20%) Information Security Management
9 5 (12.20%) Security Management
9 5 (12.20%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.20%) Python
2 3 (7.32%) Bicep
2 3 (7.32%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.88%) C
3 2 (4.88%) C++
3 2 (4.88%) Java
3 2 (4.88%) Ruby
3 2 (4.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (36.59%) CISM
1 15 (36.59%) Security Cleared
2 13 (31.71%) DV Cleared
3 9 (21.95%) Degree
4 7 (17.07%) CISSP
5 6 (14.63%) Master's Degree
6 4 (9.76%) CISMP
6 4 (9.76%) SC Cleared
7 3 (7.32%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (4.88%) GPEN
8 2 (4.88%) GWAPT
8 2 (4.88%) ISACA
8 2 (4.88%) OSCE
8 2 (4.88%) OSCP
9 1 (2.44%) CEH
9 1 (2.44%) CISA
9 1 (2.44%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (2.44%) ISEB
9 1 (2.44%) SSCP
9 1 (2.44%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (26.83%) GDPR
2 9 (21.95%) NIST
3 8 (19.51%) COBIT
3 8 (19.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (12.20%) NCSC
5 3 (7.32%) HIPAA
6 2 (4.88%) PCI DSS
7 1 (2.44%) GRC
7 1 (2.44%) NIST 800
7 1 (2.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (4.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (7.32%) Puppet
2 2 (4.88%) Terraform
3 1 (2.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.88%) Darktrace